The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1887-07-21
LOCAL NEWS.

Cigars are on tap at THE TIMES
office.
Correspondence and everything
else crowded out.
John 5. johnson of Christine.
paid US a pleasant call this week.
Miss Emma Folsom is the guest
of Mrs. H. S. Snow.
Miss Clara Gillitt has returned
to her home at Hastings, Minnesota.
Joseph Harff's many friends are
glad to see him back ut work in Mr..
Stevens hardware store.
The Fargo nine has been defeated
three times by Grand Forks this
week and once by Fergus Falls.
Campbell will play the Wahpeton
boys here Saturday of this week, and
Fergus Falls will play here Monday
and Saturday of next week.
Married in this city, July Goth, by
Rev.J. NJ. VanEvery, Mr.. Thomas
NJ. GILES of Herman, Minn. and
Miss Carrie E. Prescott of Anoka.
MINI.
Any young boys who would like
to learn to sing as we mentioned
last week should not fail to meet at
the Episcopal Church Friday after
noon of this week, at four O'Clock.
Not only will Mr.. Pinkham teach
them to sing but will pay them for
there time.
Farmers should not neglect call
ing on John Shippam, the secretary
of the Farmers Mutual Hail In.
surance company and leave their
hail insurance with him at once, as
this hot weather promises hail
storms. Look out for them. Be
wise. Get insured at once.
The Mazeppa II. and L. Co. elected
the following officers Saturday :
Foreman, w. R. Purdon First as
sistant, Chas. Farley; Second as
sistant, VIM. Mathews secretary,
Frank Farley: treasurer, Henry
Albrecht, and the finance committee
is as follows: John Bowden, David
Purdon and Joseph Harff.
F. S. Smith. our foreman, went to
st. Paul Friday evening last and
was married to Miss Lizzie Bishop
at that city Sunday afternoon
returning With his bride this MORN
ing. Since Mr.. Smiths short So
journe here he seems to have made
many friends who join TIE TIMES
in wishing him long life and pros
perity.
We heard some excellent singing
yesterday by Mr.. NJ. X. Bachman
who travels for J. Miller & Co.'S.
extensive boot and shoe house,
Racine, Wisconsin. Mr.. Bachman
is an old friend of William Northey,
the two having sang together for
years IN Wisconsin, and lie is q man
celebrated over Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Iowa. On this occasion we
repaired to Mr.. and Mrs. Northey's
Parlors where he rendered One Hun
dred Fathoms, The King and /,
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep,
and My Dutch Girl-funny! TO
say that Mr.. Bachman is a master
songster does not express it. He is
about as good as can be made, we
should say. 1t is the intention to
watch for an opportunity and on
some future visit of Mr.. Bachman,
gather up some of Wahpeton's vo.
calists an repairing to some roOmy
quarters have "a jolly good sing.
Such thing would be we'll worth
the effort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Tryba
have, lost two children recently from
diphtheria. 1t seems one child died
before the family realized the
nature of the difficulty and when a
second and third was taken down,
DR.. Quick was called and helped
one nearly at deaths door, ::and in
sisted that all the children should
have constant attention, but Mr..
Tryba thought that by coming in
and letting the doctor know how
things were occasinally would an
swer. Soon another child died, and
when demonstrated with by the doc
tor, Mr.. Tryba seemed to have lost
courage. Thought that diphtheria was
incurable, ETC.. that Mr.. and Mrs.
Miksche's children died under the
care of three doctors, etc. But
what DR.. Quick mostly objected to
was being the children's doctor with
so little chance to visit them and look
after them. The girl lie visied a time
two was still improving at last ac-
counts. The doctor says the treat.
ment of this disease has very mate